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Blat hebrew encoding
Blat is a command-line email utility for Windows that allows you to send emails from the command prompt or a script. When sending emails in Hebrew or any non-ASCII language, it's essential to ensure proper encoding to display the text correctly to the recipient. Blat supports various character encodings, including Hebrew.
To send an email with Hebrew content using Blat, you need to specify the appropriate character encoding option. The most common encoding for Hebrew is ISO-8859-8 (Hebrew) or UTF-8.
Here's an example of how you can use Blat to send an email with Hebrew content using UTF-8 encoding:
Install Blat:
- First, make sure Blat is installed on your system and accessible from the command prompt.
Create an Email Content File:
- Create a text file containing the email's content, including the Hebrew text, in UTF-8 encoding.
- Save the file with a
.txt
extension, e.g.,email_content.txt
.
Compose the Email:
- Open the command prompt and use the
blat
command to send the email. - Specify the recipient's email address, subject, and the path to the email content file you created in step 2.
Example command:
cssblat -to recipient@example.com -subject "Hebrew Email" -body "email_content.txt" -encoding UTF-8
Replace
recipient@example.com
with the recipient's email address and adjust the subject and file paths as needed.- Open the command prompt and use the
Sending HTML Content (Optional):
- If you want to send HTML content instead of plain text, create an HTML file containing the Hebrew text and save it with a
.html
extension. - In the
blat
command, use the-html
option to indicate that the email body is in HTML format.
Example command for sending HTML content:
cssblat -to recipient@example.com -subject "Hebrew Email (HTML)" -html -body "email_content.html" -encoding UTF-8
- If you want to send HTML content instead of plain text, create an HTML file containing the Hebrew text and save it with a
Remember that the success of sending Hebrew emails using Blat depends on the encoding supported by the email client used by the recipient. UTF-8 is widely supported, but it's always a good practice to test the email in different clients to ensure proper display of Hebrew characters. Additionally, make sure that your email content files are encoded correctly (UTF-8 without BOM) to avoid any unexpected issues with encoding.